Clothes-line reel.



C. H. RODERICK.

CLOTHES LINE REEL.

APPLICATION I'ILED JUNE 20, 1910.

Patented May 30, 1911.

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CHARLES H. RODERICK, 0F WOODSTOCK, ILIIINOIS.

CLOTHES-LINE REEL.

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, Specification of Letters Patent. Pa tentqgd May 3 0, 1911, Application filed June 20, 1910. Serial No. 567,941.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. RODERICK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Woodstock, in the county of McHenry and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes Line Reels, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to 'a'reel of this nature which will automatically wind the clothes-line, and which will provide a means whereby the clothes-line may be drawn to the proper degree oftautness.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, all as hereinafter more fully described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein 1 Figure 1 is a side" elevation of a reel constructed in accordance with the present invention, parts'thereof being broken away; Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the reel illustrating parts in elevation; Fig. 3 is a side elevation taken opposite to Fig. 1, parts thereofbeing broken away.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawings 10 indicates a support having secured thereto the bracket 11, said bracket having atransverse shaft 12 mounted therein to which is pivoted the casing indicated in general at A, said casing belng provided with a lug or ear 13 which surrounds the shaft or pin 12, This casing is formed in two sections, each section being provided with a pair of ears-14, one on each side thereof, through which a in or screw 15 passes engaging the opposite ear. In the end of the casing opposite to the ear or lug is an opening 16 WhlCh is rovided on each side thereof with the guiding flanges f7 which direct the rope to the reel as hereinafter more fully described.

On each side of the casing A and adjacent to the opening 16 is formed a sleeve 18 in which is rotatably mounted the shaft 19,

1 said'shaft having one terminal thereof faced.

A drum or reel 20 is mounted on the shaft 19 between the sleeves 18 and directly opposite to the opening 16, said drum being rovided withthe peripheral flanges 21 w ich 'are engaged by the inner surface of the flanges 17 adjacent to the opening 16, thus automatic clothes-line reels and is designed to construct insuring the constant cooperation between the drum and the clothes-line. A ratchet wheel 22 is mounted on the shaft 19 adjacent to the faced portion thereof and is spaced,

entirely from engagement with the ratchet wheel.

In the rear of the shaft 19 there is formed, in the, side of the casing opposite to the ratchet wheel 22, a sleeve 26 which extends through the side of the casing and has mounted therein the shaft 27, the outer terminal of the shaft being faced. This shaft has mounted on the interior of the casing the hollow drum 28, said drum having a coiled spring 29 therein, one terminal of said spring being secured-to the drum while the opposite end is attached to the shaft. On the inner edge of the drum 28 is formed a gear 30 which is adapted to mesh with and rotate a gear 31 carried on the shaft 19 adja- 28 the gear 31 and consequently the shaft 19.

and the reel 20 will be rotated. A ratchet wheel 32 is mounted on the shaft 27 adjacent v to the sleeve 26 and coiiperates with a double pawl 33 mounted on the casing adjacent thereto. 7

From this construction it willreadil be seen that as the clothes-line is drawn 0m the casing it winds the spring 29 about the axle 27 and when the clothes-line is released the spring will draw the same into the casing and thereby winding it aboutthe reel or drum 20. When the clothes-line has been drawn from the casing and the free terminal thereof has been secured the'pawl 33 may be thrown into engagement with the ratchet wheel 32, thereby retaining the spring 29 from operation. A crank 34 may then be placed upon the faced edge of the shaft 19 thereby drawing the clothes-line to the proper or required degree of tautness. By the provision of the faced end of the shaft 27 the tension of the spring may be regulated by the crank 34 being placed thereon.

By pivoting the casing Ato the support 10 the same is permitted to take various angles dependent upon the direction in which the clothes-line extends from said casing.

Having thus fully described my invention, what is claimed as new is:

In a device of the class described, the combination with a sectional casing, each section having a semi-circular outlet opening, a main shaft mounted between said sections, a reel mounted on said shaft having guiding flanges formed thereon, flanges surrounding said outlet opening in the casing, a ratchet wheel carried on the exterior of the casing,

a double pawl cooperating therewith, a

crank mounted adjacent to said wheel and 15 In testimony whereof I ailix my signature 20 in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. RODERICK.

Witnesses:

LILLIAN SCHROEDER, A. J. MULLEN. 

